"I've watched Taken quite a few times. It kind of felt pretty much the same as that. Just very surreal, yeah," the 43-year-old said, referring to the Neeson franchise that centres on the human-trafficking black market.

"I walked around the corner and then bang," Allenby said, adding his friend Puntoriero had already made his way downstairs.

"Next minute I was thrown out of the boot of the car — which they call a trunk over here — just on to the side street."

Several people questioned the story on social media after Allenby shared some of the details about his ordeal this morning, but his brother Martin was quick to come to his defence.

"There's a lot of haters and sceptics on social media. I don't know why," Martin told Melbourne's 3AW earlier today.

"It's a definite mugging and robbery," the brother said.

Friend and TV personality John Burgess also backed the golfer's claim and doubted the pro would invent the story.

"Why would he want to do that? It's just crazy, he's a good bloke," the former host of Catch Phrase told News Corp.

Burgo also pointed out the area from where Allenby claims he was taken was not a "dive sort of place", having visited the same bar over the recent Christmas period.

"Never at any stage did we feel nervous or threatened by anyone or anything," he said, adding there were plenty of police in the area.

The Melbourne golfer plans to travel to the US mainland from Hawaii and then see how he feels before making a decision about whether or not to try and play in next week's PGA Tour event near Palm Springs, California.

"Medically, I thankfully didn't suffer anything major beyond some bumps and bruises that will take a bit of time to heal," Allenby said on yesterday.